12-04-2013, 02:18 AM
I started playing BSE when it started back in the early 80's. Played in the IAN (Imperial Auxiliary Navy) an arm of the Imperial navy. What made BSE special? It was a space opera. Open ended power game, started with multiple corporations, well flushed out universe, heavy on player interaction between the factions, involved diplomacy and politics, special actions allowed which lent itself to great roleplaying, well designed economic system, stock ships with the ability to modify ship design. More than I can list, really a super game. My claim to fame was I was the first to run into the Plestrons as captain of, yes, The Nazareth. Some of the brightest and sharpest players I met played BSE. Gerald Austin, Chip Charnley, Glenn Harrold played this one too just to name a few. Gregory Moore who ran Games without Frontiers, whose sole offering was The Heroic Age also played.